Matters of the heart

If you always bring down your house
By screaming insults at your spouse
Your achy-breaky heart
One day may fall apart
So stay hearty, be loving - not a louse!

USA Today 05/03/06: Couples who routinely trade nasty or controlling remarks during marital spats might be harming their hearts — and not just emotionally. A study suggests that hostile and domineering men and women are at risk of developing heart disease, the No. 1 killer in the USA.